ANC 'heist man' to apply for bail

Former ANC employee Errol Velile Present, allegedly implicated in three cash-in-transit heists, is expected to apply for bail in the Roodepoort magistrate’s court on Tuesday.

Present was one of four people arrested during a heist in Dobsonville, Soweto, earlier this month. All four are charged with armed robbery and the possession of hijacked motor vehicles.

The accused were arrested on July 6 and 7.
Four hijacked vehicles were recovered, two of which were apparently used in a heist outside Capitec Bank in Elias Motsoaledi Road in Soweto earlier this month.

News24 previously reported that the alleged robbers fled the scene in a white Ford Ranger and a silver Volvo sedan, taking an undisclosed amount of cash.

Last year, the Sunday Times reported that Present had been introduced to a top land reform department official at a land summit organised by former Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Gugile Nkwinti.